Statements of Cash Flow Data

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Statements of Cash Flow Data

Statements of Cash Flow Data

4.      Statements of Cash Flow Data

The following presents our supplemental cash flow statement disclosure.

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In thousands)
Cash paid for interest (including capitalized interest)	$	545,406	$	472,586	$	357,990
Capitalized interest	120		17,139		19,685
Cash received for interest	37,502		36,853		19,489
Cash paid for income taxes (1)	38,761		525,028		348,931
Employee benefits paid in Class A common stock	24,804		29,127		12,198
Vendor financing	—		40,000		—
Launch service assigned from EchoStar (Note 20)	—		—		102,913
Satellites and other assets financed under capital lease obligations	10,548		5,282		140,109

(1) On December 17, 2010, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 was enacted, which provides for a bonus depreciation deduction of 100% of the cost of our qualified capital expenditures from September 8, 2010 through December 31, 2011.  As a result, during the year ended December 31, 2011, our “Cash paid for income taxes” decreased $486 million compared to the same period in 2010.  In 2012, the bonus depreciation deduction will be lowered to approximately 50%, which will likely result in an increase in cash paid for income taxes.